About
I’m a fourth-year PhD researcher in TU Delft’s Department of Transport & Planning, specialising in applied machine learning for urban transportation and city logistics.
I develop probabilistic forecasting and reinforcement learning methods to support decisions in shared mobility, multimodal travel and last-mile delivery. My work combines transformer and graph-based learning with an understanding of transport networks, fleet operations and uncertainty in real-world demand and supply.
Within the European SUM project, I led modelling and coordinated delivery of a shared-mobility forecasting service integrated into RET’s live travel-planning app in Rotterdam. My work with industry partners spans data access, model integration, app functionality and user evaluation. Earlier research with Takeaway.com connected demand forecasting with courier management and delivery operations.
I hold an MSc in Computational Science from the University of Amsterdam and a BSc in Econometrics and Operations Research from Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Selected work
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SUM · Industry deployment · 2023–2026
Forecasting shared mobility in the RET app
I led modelling and coordinated delivery of a live service forecasting CHECK vehicle availability in Rotterdam, working with RET, Siemens Mobility and Infoplaza.

Probabilistic demand forecasting · Published 2026
T-STAR
A two-stage transformer framework for sparse demand at 15-minute resolution, evaluated across 235 bike-sharing stations, including transfer to unseen service areas.

Joint demand and usable-supply forecasting · Under review
STAMP
An adaptive graph-based multi-task framework jointly forecasting demand, fleet size and low-battery vehicles up to four hours ahead.
Selected publications
View All →T-STAR: A Context-Aware Transformer Framework for Short-Term Probabilistic Demand Forecasting in Dock-Based Shared Micro-Mobility
Jingyi Cheng, Gonçalo Correia, Oded Cats, Shadi Sharif Azadeh
Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
Two-stage probabilistic forecasting for sparse demand, evaluated across 235 bike-sharing stations with zero-shot transfer experiments.
A Short-Term Predict-Then-Cluster Framework for Meal Delivery Services
Jingyi Cheng, Shadi Sharif Azadeh
Data Science for Transportation
Connecting point and distributional demand forecasts with spatially constrained clustering for operational planning.
Let’s connect
I’m interested in industry opportunities in applied research, machine learning, data science and technical innovation, with a particular interest in mobility, transport and logistics, and other settings where predictive models inform operational decisions.
For opportunities or research collaborations, send me an email or connect on LinkedIn.